LA LOMA, Dominican Republic
Virgilia Vicil, born in 1952 in the Dominican Republic to Haitian immigrants, sits in her kitchen with...
Virgilia Vicil (L), who was born in 1952 in the Dominican Republic to Haitian immigrants, sits with her granddaughter Maxileidy in their kitchen in La Loma, in the eastern Seibo province, October 7, 2013. A September 23, 2013 court ruling retroactively denies Dominican nationality to anyone born after 1929 who does not have at least one parent of Dominican blood, under a constitutional clause declaring all others to be either in the country illegally or "in transit." Picture taken October 7, 2013. To match Feature DOMINICANREPUBLIC-CITIZENSHIP/ REUTERS/Ricardo Rojas (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION)